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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I customize a default system message?</h1></div>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to Message Bundle Manager.</h2>
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    <p>Select the <strong>Message Bundle Manager </strong>tool from the Tool Menu in the Administration Workspace. </p>
<p><em>Note: If you do not see the Message Bundle Manager tool in the menu, you may need to add it. See </em><a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiaddastealthedtooltoasite"><em>How do I add a stealthed tool to a site?</em></a><em> for more information on adding a tool to the site.</em></p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Locate the message that you would like to customize.</h2>
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    <p>You may locate the default message by:</p>
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<li>Searching for the message. (See <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoisearchsystemmessages">How do I search system messages?</a> for more information.)</li>
<li>Viewing messages by module. (See <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiviewsystemmessagesbymodule">How do I view system messages by module?</a> for more information.)</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Edit.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Enter your custom text into the Value field.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Save.</h2>
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    <p>Notice that the text in the Value field is now different than the text in the Default Value field.</p>
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